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    Fretboard fluency

    May 06, 2020 5 minutes

    Welcome to the latest instalment in our series on the Harmonic Minor scale, formula: R-2- b 3-4-5- b 6-7. However, it can also be visualised as a Natural Minor scale but with a Major 7th degree.

    Natural Minor: R-2- b 3-4- b 6- b 7

    Harmonic Minor: R-2- b 3-4- b 6-7

    Over the course of the series, we’ve looked at the five Harmonic Minor shapes based around the CAGED system, as well as the harmonised scale which consists of a family of seven diatonic chords, arpeggios and modes. More recently, we’ve been focusing on the fifth and most commonly used mode, the Phrygian Dominant: 1- b 2-3-4-5- b 6- b 7. This scale is commonly applied over V7 chords in Minor progressions as a means of heightening tension before resolving to the tonic I Minor chord a 4th higher (or 5th lower). Recently in our

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